SCHEDULE 1 - DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AREAS - City of Kamloops

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Schedule 1 - Development Permit Areas Iron Mask West Industrial Development Permit AreaDesign Guidelinesa) Built Form• Buildings shall be designed so as to create a positive visual impression fromthe Trans Canada and Coquihalla Highways, as well as Sugarloaf Road.• Building components housing publicly accessible office and/or customerservice areas shall be oriented toward the front of the building andincorporate architectural details such as windows, entry features, distinctiverooflines, and exterior finish materials that distinguish such areas from moreutilitarian warehousing, manufacturing, and processing areas. The use ofvinyl siding is discouraged in such publically accessible areas, while the useof natural wood, rock, and stone details is encouraged.• Buildings shall be designed with architectural features and/or variation intreatment to avoid the appearance of long, homogenous façades and toreduce apparent building mass.• Rooflines shall relate to adjacent building forms and styles. Varied rooflinesshall be used to avoid the appearance of a long, flat building façade. Rooftopmechanical equipment must be screened from adjacent properties andstreets by rooflines or well designed architectural details.• Building exteriors shall use subdued rather than bright hues as the dominantcolour tones and employ bold, complimentary accents. Secondary façadesshall be treated in a colour tone that is the same as or complimentary to thatof the principal façade.• Large expanses of highly reflective treatments and glazing (i.e. mirror glass)shall be avoided on exterior walls so as to prevent heat and glare impacts onadjacent properties and roads.• Buildings on corner sites or with double road frontage shall be designed toacknowledge the buildings' visibility from each street through continuity ofdesign, colour, materials, exterior finish, and signage.• The architectural style of buildings containing multiple tenants shall remaincohesive over the entire frontage. Each individual entry point shall beidentifiable without detracting from the building's overall appearance.• Fascia signs shall be integrated into the building's façade, complimentexisting signage, and comply with the City of Kamloops Sign RegulationsBy-law.b) Site Design, Parking, and Circulation• Landscaping islands shall be used to separate large expanses of parking intosmaller subsections appropriate to the use. Landscaping islands shall belocated at each end of every parking aisle. In the case of longer parkingaisles, landscape islands shall be provided in the middle of the aisle, with amaximum separation of 12 - 15 parking stalls between landscape islands.Landscaping islands shall have a minimum width 2.5 m and include at leastone tree per parking aisle.239T:\DES\PLAN & DEV\KAMPLAN\KAMPLAN Combined Dec 2013.docx December 19, 2013
Schedule 1 - Development Permit Areas Iron Mask West Industrial Development Permit Area• Raised curbs shall define entry driveways.• Outdoor storage and processing areas, garbage bins, and loading/unloadingareas shall be situated in a side or rear yard in order to minimize exposure ofstorage areas to public roadways and visually screened by landscaping fromadjacent residential areas and streets.• Site plans must demonstrate the capacity for safe and efficient movement ofpeople and traffic on the site. To achieve this:- Site design must include pedestrian walkways along buildingfrontages as well as continuous pedestrian connections betweenwalkways along building frontages, street frontages, and onneighbouring sites;- Entrances to buildings shall be located to maximize pedestrian safety;- Pedestrian walkways shall be distinguished from driving surfaces byusing varied treatments and by raising walkways to curb level; and- Bicycle racks shall be located near building entrances.• Site layout shall incorporate Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design(CPTED) strategies such as encouraging the use of pedestrian thoroughfaresto and from adjacent properties and avoiding the creation of dead ends.• Corner lot site design and landscaping shall consider all street frontagesequally and provide equal quality of design, orientation, and detail.• Access driveways are encouraged to be shared in order to minimize thenumber of entry/exit points along the road and to provide maximum spacingbetween them.• Circulation aisles shall use signs or speed humps to manage operatingspeeds every 100 m and where circulation aisles intersect.• Except where the property fronts a highway, all free-standing signage shallbe monument-style and pedestrian-oriented, with a maximum sign area of4 m²; shall relate to the façade of the building; and shall comply with the Cityof Kamloops Sign Regulations By-law (the Sign Regulations By-law requiresthat the number of signs on site shall not exceed the lesser of one for everytwo businesses or one for each street frontage, provided that the totalnumber of free-standing signs shall not exceed three).• Detailed traffic analysis shall be required where the proposed developmentwill generate in excess of 100 vehicle trips during peak hours or otherwisesignificantly impact traffic flows and transportation infrastructure, asdetermined by the Development and Engineering Services Department.• Site design and landscape design shall respect and preserve the integrity ofBowers Lake. An environmental assessment will be required prior to sitedevelopment to determine appropriate setbacks and/or other measuresachieve this end.240T:\DES\PLAN & DEV\KAMPLAN\KAMPLAN Combined Dec 2013.docx December 19, 2013
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